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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 1 > BOOK 3: KNOWLEDGE
3. A master of a woman-slave who teaches her good manners and educates her in the best pos-
sible way (the religion) and manumits her and then marries her."
Volume 1, Book 3, Number 97g:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
Once Allah's Apostle came out while Bilal was accompanying him. He went towards the women
thinking that they had not heard him (i.e. his sermon). So he preached them and ordered them to pay
alms. (Hearing that) the women started giving alms; some donated their ear-rings, some gave their
rings and Bilal was collecting them in the corner of his garment.
Volume 1, Book 3, Number 98:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I said: "O Allah's Apostle! Who will be the luckiest person, who will gain your intercession on the
Day of Resurrection?" Allah's Apostle said: O Abu Huraira! "I have thought that none will ask me
about it before you as I know your longing for the (learning of) Hadiths. The luckiest person who
will have my intercession on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who said sincerely from the
bottom of his heart "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah."
And 'Umar bin 'Abdul 'Aziz wrote to Abu Bakr bin Hazm, "Look for the knowledge of Hadith and
get it written, as I am afraid that religious knowledge will vanish and the religious learned men will
pass away (die). Do not accept anything save the Hadiths of the Prophet. Circulate knowledge and
teach the ignorant, for knowledge does not vanish except when it is kept secretly (to oneself)."
Volume 1, Book 3, Number 99:
Narrated Abdullah Ibn Dinar:
also narrates the same (above-mentioned statement) as has been narrated by 'Umar bin 'Abdul
'Aziz up to "The religious scholar (learned men) will pass away (die)."
Volume 1, Book 3, Number 100:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al' As:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "Allah does not take away the knowledge, by taking it away from
(the hearts of) the people, but takes it away by the death of the religious learned men till when none
of the (religious learned men) remains, people will take as their leaders ignorant persons who when
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